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Cannabis Law & Services

Businesses in the highly regulated medical and recreational cannabis industries are governed by an array of federal, state and local laws and regulations concerning cultivation, processing, and dispensing. Many of those laws affect not only the cannabis industry, but also those businesses that provide goods and services to the industry. Stinson attorneys have significant experience advising participants in the medical and recreational cannabis industry, as well as businesses with secondary cannabis functions, about the legal and regulatory environment that makes the cannabis industry unique.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

Regulatory and Compliance

We handle compliance and regulatory issues that may arise in the ever-changing cannabis industry, including corporate governance, licensing, compliance review and training, internal investigations, and government and regulatory enforcement action defense.

Banking and Financial Services

We have significant experience handling the unique banking and financial challenges created by the marijuana industry. We counsel financial institutions that provide services to marijuana-related businesses (MRBs) on anti-money laundering (AML) and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) policies and procedures, compliance with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Department of Justice’s marijuana-related guidance, customer due diligence, loan structuring, and real estate transactions.

Litigation

We have successfully handled litigation in a broad range of cannabis-related matters, from the routine to the complex. Our litigation team can provide cost-effective, expert advice on investment and partnership disputes, product liability matters, employment and labor disputes and investigations, and other general litigation issues.

Business and Transactional

We have a deep bench of experienced attorneys who provide sophisticated business and transactional advice to clients ranging from basic entity formation to mergers and acquisition agreements, vendor contracts, real estate and leasing matters, and private equity and debt financing.

Intellectual Property and Technology

We are devoted to helping our clients protect, defend and exploit their IP assets. We also counsel clients in strategies to minimize liability risks for IP infringement in order to protect their businesses' bottom line. Our IP lawyers have years of experience providing cannabis clients advice related to patent and trademark prosecution.